A landscape plus my news ... ... ...

Afternoon everyone!  I’m here today to show you a card I made and stamped but forgot to colour until this weekend lol!!  Also I can let you know my news too – you’ll just have to wait a bit!
I found a stamped Sheena Douglass ‘A Little Bit Sketchy’ image on white card which had not been coloured.  So I coloured with Distress inks.  When I’m colouring like this I feel the tension in my shoulders and neck dissipate.  In fact any colouring seems to relax me these days, not just landscape colouring – which is a very positive thing!  I still get nervous and fret over whether my characters are properly coloured.  I hope that with time and practise that I won’t worry quite so much – only time will tell lol!

I want to enter the following challenges:
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/Anything Goes
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ #11 Anything Goes
http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/Anything Goes
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ #48 Anything Goes
http://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ #61 Anything Goes
http://natalieandamy.blogspot.co.uk/ Your favourite things: right now my Sheena Douglass ‘A Little Bit Sketchy’ are always one of my favourite stamp sets.  I can achieve so many different looks/the four seasons with these stamps just my changing the colour!
http://panpasteluk.blogspot.co.uk/#1 Anything Goes

Enough waffle, here is today’s offering … … …

5"x7" Anniversary card

Close up of the stamped and coloured image

  

 Some of the details

 

A simple inside

 A final look

Now for my news lol! 

There was a recent Design Team call at Paper Crafting Journey, http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.co.uk/.  Anyways I thought nothing ventured, nothing gained!So I put my name in the pot, so to speak lol! 

2013 New Year it’s time to start believing in myself.  I'm one of four new members of the Paper Crafting Journey Challenge blog Design Team!

This week there is an Anything Goes challenge so please do pop on over to see what the lovely and talented DT has created and play along with us please!

I start at the beginning of February.  Hopefully time enough to get over this bug/virus.  As well as time to practise my character colouring!  I’m really looking forward to working with the lovely ladies and they’ve all been super welcoming too!

When I started my blog, about 20 months ago now, I never thought I would ‘a’ blog and ‘b’ be on Design Teams! 

But as I’ve said 2013 is the year that I need to start to believe in myself. 

I want to say a huge Thank you everyone that follows and comments – you have given me confidence to start to believe in myself and in my creations – words cannot express how much this has means to me!

I hope you are having a fabulous week

Thank you very much for taking the time to visit and comment on my blog

ttfn Karen x

Tools:

Sheena Douglass A Little Bit Sketchy: The Boat House
Unknown Happy Anniversary Stamp
Stampin Up Label Punch
Splodgeaway Mat
Sakura Paint Brushes
Pot with water

Old Stash:

Ranger Archival IP: Jet Black
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad: Peeled Paint; Forest Moss; Crushed Olive; Vintage Photo; Rusty Hinge; Wild Honey; Squeezed Lemonade; Broken China; Weathered Wood
Various BG papers
White card for stamping onto (it needs to be reasonably thick so that it does not pill)
7”x5” card
Double Sided Tape; Foam Pads

2012 UIU Pledge: 313 - ends 31 January 2013